Scott McBaran's POV
I was running with my best friends when we were trying to catch the goons that were leaving the ballroom as we were running after them. They were turning around the corner before we were following them and we were shocked to see that they were waiting for us.
"Well, well, well. Look what we have here. I think they know that we were coming after them," Edmond said as I was rolling my eyes before I was turning at him.
"Will you just shut up?"
"Aw, thanks Scotty, I love you too," he said as I was shaking my head. I think I have given up on this guy. He has no sense of seriousness in his body.
"We want the book. If you give it to us, you will be unharmed," the leader of the bad guys were staring at us before I was arching my eyebrows at him.
"Why would we give it to you? That will not bring any good after all," I said as I was looking at them. The leader smirked.
"Oh, it will be. When we terminate you guys from this earth, the Russian will rule the earth once again!" The leader said before the goons were taking out their weapons. They have nunchucks, swords, daggers, and knives. I looked at ourselves and we have nothing.
"Any ideas?" Conall asked us as I was cracking my bones right now.
"Take them down, get the information later," I said as I was ready to take over them.
"Yeah, easy for you to say. I don't have any skills in combat," Conall said as I was smirking at him.
"Don't you learn with your wife how to defense oneself?" I asked him before he was glaring at me. I smirked.
"Huh, I guess you were too busy to get started,"
"McBaran," Conall warned me before I was shrugging.
"Fine, you take out the ones that were less intimidating then,"
"But they all were not!"
"Not my problem," I said before I was coming at the goons and I was ready to knock some shit out. I have been waiting for this moment to come when Karla told me her story. I have this pent-up desire to kick someone else's butt.
And that opportunity has come.
"This is for my fiancée," I said as I was kicking some ass and I was stealing a glance that Lucas and Edmond were doing that as well. Except for Conall, he was not looking at the leader before he was approached by the goons.
"Reid, look out!" I shouted a warning before Conall turned and he was taking out something from his pocket. It was a taser and he was taking the goon out. And here I thought he did not come prepared.
"Well, that would work," I said before the leader was running away from us. I was kicking the goon before I was running after them.
"Scott!" Someone called me but I ignored it before I was after the leader.
"Stop. Stop in the name of the law!" I said as I was looking at the leader before he turned and he was projecting something from his palm.
"Look at this! I know that you wanted it to, McBaran. You just refused to do so when I know deep down inside you're just like me," the leader said as I was arching my eyebrow at him.
"I am nothing like you," I said as I was baring my teeth to him. He smirked before he pulled the mask off his face. I was stunned.
No, it could not be!
"Are you sure about that? After all, we have vowed to each other to find the teleportation device together. We could rule this world together, brother but it seems that your heart was too weak for that kind of power," Shawn said as I was looking at my little brother. I think he was obsessing with this right now.
"I thought…I thought…"
"You thought I was dead? 6 feet underground? Well, you're wrong. I am not dead and I am certainly not the only one that has been leading astray from the main reason why we built the company together," Shawn said as I was looking at him.
"Why did you not come back? I thought you die. I mourned for you, brother!" I said as I was feeling the anger that was coming from my body right now. I was not happy to see that Shawn was alive and he did not reach out to me.
"And as for now, I bid you slàn," Shawn said as I was looking at him before he disappeared into the shadows before I was being approached by Conall, Edmond, and Lucas.
"So, did you get him?'' Conall asked me as I was looking at the shadows that my baby brother has gone into. I shook my head.
"No,"
"Damn it. Next time we will get him. I think we have to plan this more carefully next time we have—" I cut Edmond off.
"No," I said as I was moving away from them and going toward the ballroom where the ladies were waiting for us.
"No, what do you mean no?" Lucas asked me as I was moving toward the light before I was taking the mask off from my face. I sighed. I have to tell them. I know have to before I can do anything, I was looking at them and I was staring.
"I know who the leader is," I said as I was staring at the moon. It was full tonight. If only I know that my baby brother was alive, I would have not been misguided one year ago.
That's explained the beard and the unkempt hair.
But I moved from that and accepted the fact that my baby brother was gone. And now, he's back and he will do some damage before I can stop him.
"Who was it?" Lucas asked before I was looking at my 3 best friends. I took a deep breath before I was looking at them.
"Shawn McBaran, or as you all know, my brother,"
Karla Kuznetsov's POV
"You know, I never thought that you would live like this, sis," Kat said as I was rolling my eyes before we were out of Conall's car and we were walking to the motel room that I was renting out for the time that we will be staying here.
"Well, sorry if I have to run away from people that wanted to attack me," I said before I was looking at the room and unlocking it.
I was opening the door before I switched on the lights as I was looking at the messy room as I was sharing with Scott.
"Well, it seems that you are doing it hard and a lot of it," Lyana said as she was looking at the room. She smirked before she was nodding in approval.
"I hope that Scott was serious about getting married to you," Kat said as I was looking at her when my sister was staring at my left hand. I felt the bare ring finger before I was clearing my throat.
"In here," I said as I was pulling the book that I hid under the hole that I found and used it as a storage for the book. I was taking it out before I was staring at the book and I gave it to my sister as well as the others were staring at it.
"The Book of Time Bloodline. This is the thing that they wanted so bad?" Ari asked as I was nodding at her.
"Yeah, I know. It was nothing much but the information, combined with the usage of the crystals that can activate the time genes in our blood, it can be pretty useful once they got the best of everything. Good thing Conall has found a way to keep the gemstones out of our reach," Kat said before I was staring at her and the women that were nodding in agreement.
"I'm sorry, the time genes? Are you guys have that as well?" I asked Ari and Lyana. They nodded before I was blinking at them.
"Wow, I never knew that,"
"Why do you think they married us? The Scots did not have anything for foreigners but when they have spent some time together in the past, it can get a little possessive," Lyana said before Ari laughed.
"And dominant as well. I cannot believe that Lucas was that kind of guy. I thought he was the quiet one," Ari said before I was looking at Kat. She smirked.
"I thought that was Conall. Anyway, we have what we wanted for. Now, let's get out of here before something happened—"
The sentence cannot be finished when we were being shot with tranquilizers. I was looking at the figure that was coming at us and I don't think that I would be seeing that face again.
"That's a good shot, my love," someone said as I saw seeing the same hair as Scott but it was not him. But the face was familiar and he was kissing the shooter.
"I told you they are dumb enough to put it here. I have been watching and waiting for them to come here so that I can make my moves," the woman said as the man laughed.
"You never cease to amaze me, my love," the man said before he was kissing the shit out of the woman. She moaned before they were getting hot and sweaty in front of us. I was trying to move but I was breathing hard before the woman was looking at me.
"Bye-bye, Kitten," she said before I passed out.